An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.

The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States.

The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to the state legislatures.

Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.

The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters.

The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution.